EP0807524B1 - Appareil d'impression avec un dispositif automatique de coupe - Google Patents

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EP0807524B1
EP0807524B1 EP19970105713 EP97105713A EP0807524B1 EP 0807524 B1 EP0807524 B1 EP 0807524B1 EP 19970105713 EP19970105713 EP 19970105713 EP 97105713 A EP97105713 A EP 97105713A EP 0807524 B1 EP0807524 B1 EP 0807524B1
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Clive Graham Angel
Clive Lawrence Ayling
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/02—Means for moving the cutting member into its operative position for cutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/02—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member
    • B26D1/025—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/02—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member
    • B26D1/03—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member with a plurality of cutting members
    • B26D1/035—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member with a plurality of cutting members for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/08—Making a superficial cut in the surface of the work without removal of material, e.g. scoring, incising
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    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/02—Means for moving the cutting member into its operative position for cutting
    • B26D5/06—Means for moving the cutting member into its operative position for cutting by electrical means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/663—Controlling cutting, cutting resulting in special shapes of the cutting line, e.g. controlling cutting positions, e.g. for cutting in the immediate vicinity of a printed image
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/666—Cutting partly, e.g. cutting only the uppermost layer of a multiple-layer printing material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/70—Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
    • B41J11/706—Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed using a cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating carrier
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/08—Means for actuating the cutting member to effect the cut

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  • the invention relates to a printing device with a device to perform an automatic cut according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the multilayer tape points one image receiving layer and one by means of an adhesive Layer attached back layer on. after the Image receiving layer was printed with an image, can peel off the back layer so that the image receiving layer attached to an object with the aid of the adhesive layer can be.
  • a printing device of this type has a cutting device to cut a section from the tape after the image-receiving layer is printed with an image so that this band section can be used as a label. To this The cutting device has a blade for this purpose serves through all layers of the multilayer tape to cut.
  • the cutting device has a so-called tab cutting blade that does so serves only one of the layers of the multilayer tape cut through, either the image-receiving layer or the back layer, the other layer remains intact.
  • the applicant under the device DYMO 6000 manufactured and sold a device, in which a tabular cutting blade is provided which is the upper one Image receiving layer cuts through while the back layer remains intact. With such a tab cut it is possible to remove the image-receiving layer from the back layer separate further.
  • the full cut can be switched off so that only the tab cut is in operation. This allows a sequence of labels produce that are attached to a common back strip and only are separated from each other by a "strip cut". The decommissioning the full cut mode must be done manually. From a practical point of view means this means that the device must be close to the user.
  • the user interface does not need to be part of a common housing for printing and To be cutting device, but can be at a distance from it. The only important thing is that a user controls the user interface Can use cutting device without manual intervention required is.
  • the pressure device be relative to its housing stationary part, and has a movable part which when cutting with interacts with the fixed part.
  • the movement of the movable part is in the Usually carried out by an (electric) motor.
  • the first cutting blade is activated and deactivated in one advantageous embodiment of the invention also by the movable, motor-driven part of the cutting device, so that no further, expensive Drive elements are required for this.
  • the status depends (active or inactive) the first cutting blade from the path that the movable part of the Cutting device travels.
  • To control the movable part of the cutting device driving motor requires the control circuit of the pressure device information about the respective position of the movable Part of the cutter. You can do this with the shaft serve the motor in operative connection, the sensor in particular when moving the motor (and thus the movable Part of the cutter) emits pulses from the control circuit be counted. Another sensor can be provided be to reach the starting position of the movable To detect part of the cutting device. The control circuit can then switch off the engine at the right time.
  • the first cutting blade at the end of an extension stroke of the movable part of the cutting device drives against you with the holder of the first cutting blade connected element which is designed such that a Holder of the cutting blade is moved so that the Cutting blade reaches an active position. Furthermore can the cutting blade on a return stroke of the movable part of the Cutting device are put into their non-operating position, the movable part of the cutting device at the end the return stroke, ie. then when he reaches his starting position with one connected to the holder of the cutting blade Interact in such a way that the latter return to their Device out of service. In this embodiment, a Full cut thus only achieved during the return stroke. It is of course conceivable, the first cutting blade at the end of the To deactivate the extension stroke and to activate it at the end of the return stroke, ie. reverse the steps described.
  • Figure 1 shows a plan view of a cutting device as in our older European application with the publication number 0711637 has been described in a printing device, which has a printing device and into which a cassette is inserted.
  • the reference number 2 is a housing Designated printing device, which has a cassette receiving space.
  • a base plate is located inside the housing 2 4 with an upstanding part 6, which is used to hold a return spring 8 serves.
  • the printing device has a print head 10 and a platen roller 12, which with the print head in Operational connection is in order to print an image receiving tape T.
  • the print head 10 and the platen roller 12 are inside the Housing 2 stored on the base plate 4.
  • the printhead 10 is from the operating position shown in Fig.
  • Reference numeral 14 designates one in the cassette accommodating space inserted cassette.
  • the cassette 14 contains a supply of ribbon as well as image receiving ribbon, which are in mutual Overlap between the impression roller and the Printhead are passed.
  • the ribbon is then in the Cassette 14 rewound while the image receiving tape is out of the Printer is transported out.
  • the reference number 16 denotes the print zone, through the image receiving ribbon and ribbon in mutual coverage and with the reference number 18 is the zone in which the tape from the Printer emerges. Located between zones 16 and 18 an area where the cutting process, as will be explained in more detail later described, takes place.
  • the cutter consists of two main parts.
  • the first Part has a cutting body 20 on which a blade 22 is attached.
  • the blade 22 serves the tape T in its to cut the entire thickness, into a slot 24 occurs, which is in the cassette 14 at a first cutting location C1 is located.
  • the cutting body 20 moves on supports 56, 58.
  • On its surface adjacent to the band T the Cutting body 20 a tape holding bracket 28 to the tape T against a support surface of the cassette during the cutting process 14 hold.
  • Reference number 26 is one of two designated the respective support 56, 58 band holding springs. The operation of this part of the cutting device is in our European patent application with the publication number C634275.
  • the band is one of several Layers of tape with at least one top layer, an adhesive layer and a back layer made by the adhesive layer is so removable that the upper layer attached to an object by means of the adhesive layer can be.
  • the top layer of the tape comes with an image or printed information.
  • Fig. 1 is the upper layer of the ribbon T on the right in the image on that of the print head facing side.
  • the second part of the cutting device has a blade carrier 30, the so-called tab cutting blade 32 wears.
  • the carrier 30 for the tabular cutting blade is mounted in a tab-cut spring body 34 which in turn against a tab cut support 36 of the printer is spring biased.
  • This part of the cutter also has a so-called rollamboss 38.
  • the Rollamboss 38 is against the tab cutting blade 32 down rolled, gradually cutting across the width of the Band T is performed. The depth of cut is controlled so that the cut is only through the upper band layer runs while the back layer remains intact.
  • the roller anvil 38 can be seen more clearly from FIG a section along the line II-II of FIG. 1.
  • the anvil has an arcuate surface 3 and an actuating part 38a.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the roller anvil in its Starting position.
  • the movement of the roller anvil 38 is controlled by controlled two guides, namely a first, the housing 2 of the printer facing guide 40 and a second, inward the guide facing the cassette receiving space 42.
  • the guides 40, 42 are provided with guideways for movement to control the roller anvil 38.
  • the anvil points to his leadership two projections, for example in the form of balls or Pins that are near the respective ends of its arcuate Surface 3 are arranged.
  • the pins are not shown in Fig. 2, since they are on the side facing away from the viewer of the roll anvil.
  • Fig. 2 The corresponding on which the viewer pins arranged on the side facing the anvil, which cooperate with corresponding guideways in the guide 40, are in Fig. 2 for clarity not shown. Of course it is not essential required to guide the anvil in a form-fitting manner on both sides. A single guide on one side can be enough his.
  • the cutting body 20 has one shown in FIG. 2 Guide track 50 in which the actuating pin attached to the anvil 38 48 is performed.
  • the guideway 50 extends itself at an angle, as shown in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 2 shows the starting position. In this Position is the return spring 8, which between the upstanding part 6 around the pulley 52 and the actuating pin 48 is arranged for the cutting body in one relaxed state.
  • the guide pins are in an upper one Part of the track held.
  • the cutting body 20 is located in a position in which he spaced the blade 22 from the tape T. holds.
  • the Control of the movement is carried out in such a way that the arcuate rolling Anvil surface along the surface of the tab cut blade carrier 30 is guaranteed, the tape is gradually being tabbed while it is passes the second cutting location C2.
  • Guide pins and guideway are positioned so that an accurate, reproducible Rolling movement is ensured.
  • FIG. 3 is a practical embodiment of a cutting device shown according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • This cutting device is intended for such cases which a cassette like the cassette 14 shown in FIG. 1 has no support wall for the band with a slot 24, but instead with a guide part behind the printing location concludes.
  • the cutting device is thus completely outside the cassette limit where the tape from the Cassette comes out.
  • the cassette has both an image receiving tape and a thermal transfer tape contains.
  • the thermal transfer tape could in a separate cassette, or it could also be completely dispensed with.
  • FIG. 4B Such an arrangement is shown in Figures 4A and 4B.
  • the base plate of the printing device is for reasons the clarity omitted, although the cassettes of course recorded in a cassette receiving space of a printing device are.
  • the printing device has a printing device, which consists of a printhead 210 and a platen roller 212, such as described above exists.
  • 4B shows an ink ribbon cassette 214, in which there is a supply of ribbon or thermal transfer ribbon is located, as well as a substrate cassette 216, in which is a stock of image receiving tape.
  • the image reception band and the ribbon are in mutual overlap between printhead 210 and platen 212 passed through to execute a printing operation.
  • FIG. 4A is a view from the side of FIG. 4B towards the Arrow IV. It can thus be seen that the base plate 222 of the Printing device, the ribbon cassette 214 and the carrier cassette 216 carries. 4A also shows how that Band T emerges from the device in the direction of the viewer.
  • the cutter 220 itself will now be described below described in more detail.
  • the cutting device has a blade carrier 100 in which a full cut blade 102 and a tab cut blade 103 are held, the former serving one by the total thickness of all layers of a multi-layer tape extending cut to perform while with the the latter a section through only one or more layers a multi-layer tape is to be executed, the Back layer remains intact.
  • the cutting device has also an anvil holder 104, the two "roll anvils" 106, 108 carries.
  • the first roller anvil 106 has the function with which Full cut blade 102 cooperate while the second Rollamboss 108 serves to cooperate with the tab cutting blade 103.
  • the anvil holder 104 is in the form of a central A shaft rotatable about an axis A-A.
  • Fig. 3 shows in schematic Representation of the tape T when leaving the cassette and during its further transport to the cutting device in the direction of arrow B.
  • the cutting locations C1 and C2 are in a distance apart to make a full cut on Cutting location C1 and a tabular cut at cutting location C2, where the desired cutting mode in the selected type described below.
  • FIG. 5A shows the cutting device from its front side. This View arises when you see the tape T along its path viewed from the cassette.
  • the blade carrier 100 can thus are viewed in section, with the full cut blade 102 you can see.
  • the width of the band is designated w. This value depends on the width of the tape variable.
  • the anvil holder 104 is on a carriage 110 mounted and under the action of a spring 112 under constant Force biased against the blade carrier 100. The down directed force is indicated by the arrow F. Under the effect of a lead screw driven by a motor 114 the carriage can travel back and forth across the width of the belt T. be moved. When the slide from the lead screw is driven, the roller anvils 106 and 108 into one Rotational movement offset, whereby the tape T against the action of Blades are cut at the cutting locations C1 and C2.
  • FIG. 5B shows a section through the carriage 110, with its Working method becomes more clearly recognizable.
  • the lead screw 114 extends through an opening 115 in the carriage 110 and is received at both ends of the opening in threaded nuts 117. Rotation of the lead screw 114 thus causes lateral movement of the carriage 110 in FIG. 5B.
  • the carriage 110 consists of a main part 110a and a pivotable part 110b.
  • the pivotable part 110b has one Recess 119 for receiving the bracket or shaft 104 of the Roll anvils on.
  • the pivotable part 110b is by means of a Hinge 110c hinged to body 110a. So that works Spring 112 between the main part 110a and the pivotable part 110b such that it applies the downward force F, as set forth above with reference to Figure 5A.
  • the slide is in one piece to simplify production manufactured, with the pivotable part 110b relative to the main part 110a is open. This is shown in more detail in Fig. 5C. Thereby, that the carriage is made in one piece, the Spring attached to the carriage and the pivotable portion 110b in Direction of the arrow Y can be folded back, making the manufacture is simplified.
  • the Full cut blade can be put into or out of operation, so that the cutter is either a full cut with a tab cut or just a tab cut.
  • a cutting device that offers this possibility is shown in Fig. 6.
  • Fig. 6 is a corresponding to Fig. 3 View with the anvils 106 and 108 on the anvil holder 104 are shown attached.
  • the full cut blade 102 is mounted on a cutting blade pin 116, which by a Slider 118 is operated.
  • the slider 118 is essentially a flat component with an elongated part, which in one guided in the blade carrier 100 guide groove 120 is.
  • 7A shows an end view of the cutting device, the slide is shown in more detail. 7A shows the Slider in its retracted position.
  • the slider 118 On his right 7A, the slider 118 has a cam portion 122 on which the cutting blade pin 116 rests. On his 7A, the slider 118 has an operating part 124 on which extends from the elongated part of the slide extends upwards. The actuating part 124 carries an actuating element 126, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the blade carrier extends, d. H. in the direction the sledge is going 110 moves. There is a stop 128 at its end. The arrangement of the stop 128 is as described below.
  • FIG. 7A shows the anvil holder 104 in its initial position, in which she is at the far left end of her path, as shown in Fig. 7A. It holds the actuating part in this position 124 of the slider 118 so that the cam part 122 holds the cutting blade pin 116 down, the full cutting blade 102 disengaged. Now roll the anvil holder 104 from its home position to the right in Fig. 7A in the direction of arrow C, is just on the tape Cut tab.
  • the anvil holder 104 has two stop positions, an inner stop position as in Fig. 7B shown, and an outer stop position, as in Fig. 7C shown.
  • the shaft lies in the inner stop position the anvil holder just against the stop 128 of the actuating element 126 on and thus does not cause the slide to move 118.
  • the full cut blade thus remains disengaged, and when the anvil holder moves back from the inside Stop position returns to its starting position also not a full cut on the label.
  • Fig. 8 shows the starting position, the inner stop position and the outer stop position with respect to the maximum width of the tape T.
  • This arrangement enables a user to choose whether a full cut with tabular cut or just a tab cut is to be performed. This can be done automatically with the aid of the arrangement according to FIG. 9.
  • the blade bearer is not shown in Fig. 9, but the carriage 110 with the roller anvil 106. As above in connection with 5A, the carriage 110 runs on a guide spindle 114.
  • Reference numeral 200 is a DC motor designated with which the guide spindle via a reduction gear pair 202 is driven.
  • a first leaf spring switch 204 is provided, which is the starting position of the Anvil holder 104 recognizes.
  • a second leaf spring switch 206 reaches the revolutions of a second gear of the reduction gear pair 202 is detected. This can, for example, with the help of a front cam on the second gear wheel respectively. Every revolution of the lead screw 114 a pulse is thus generated at the second leaf spring switch 206, creating a simple rising encoder becomes.
  • Fig. 10 shows the respective signals from the leaf spring switches 204 and 206.
  • the leaf spring switches 204 and 206 are referred to here as a diagnostic switch.
  • FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of a circuit arrangement for a printing device for performing the above-mentioned feature.
  • Fig. 11 is a central controller 300 for the printing device shown that a microprocessor with a read-only memory ROM 302 and a random access memory RAM 304.
  • the controller 300 is equipped with an LCD driver 309 for control a display device 308 of the printing device. Like through the jagged line across the connection between the controller 300 and the LCD driver 309, can display device and associated driver from the printing device be placed away.
  • the controller 300 is also available a keyboard or other input device 306 in connection, for information about data to be printed, cutting processes and the like. For this purpose there is a variety of keys provided, for example as keys 320, 310, 312 and 316 are shown.
  • controller 300 is also connected to a two-way motor control circuit 317, which the operation of the cutting drive motor 200 in controls the following way to be described in more detail.
  • Controller 300 receives information from those shown in FIG. 9 Cutting diagnostic switches 204, 206.
  • the controller 300 is also connected to cassette diagnostic switches 301, located in the cassette receiving area of the printing device and supply parameters relating to the cassette to the controller 300, for example about the type of tape, its width, etc.
  • control circuit for performing the above described cutting process is in the following in connection explained with Fig. 12.
  • the control circuit receives 300 corresponding signals from the cutting diagnostic switches 204, 206, based on which they determine the position of the carriage can determine. It can therefore reverse the direction of movement the anvil holder either on the inner or Arrange outer stop position.
  • Step 40C shows the beginning of a cutting process.
  • a cutting process can be triggered by the user actuated a cutting key on the keyboard 306, or also automatically by the device itself after it has a certain Length of labels printed.
  • Checks at step 402 control of whether a full cut is required. This must by the user at the time the label is formatted or at the time when a cutting operation is triggered become.
  • a number N set equal to the number of times by the diagnostic leaf spring switch 206 expected switching pulses. Is a Full cut required, the number N is set to N2 while in the case of a tabular cut alone, the number N is set to N1 becomes.
  • N1 is logically smaller than N2 because of the extension stroke of the carriage 110 is shorter in the case of a tab cut is like a full cut on the return stroke.
  • the sled 110 is started by starting the engine 200 moved outwards.
  • the diagnostic leaf spring switch 204 determines when the sled pass through the starting position has, as indicated by transition 405 in FIG. This Transition is detected in step 406, and control then counts those derived from the diagnostic leaf spring switch 206 increasing switching impulses. If N equals the preset Number corresponds to (N1 or N2, depending on the finding in steps 403a, 403b), the direction of rotation of the motor in Step 407 reversed to drive the sled 110 inward. Is the signal for the home position reached (step 408), the sequence of steps is ended (step 409).
  • the diagnostic leaf spring switch 204 (see Figure 9) is used to create the Turn off DC motor 200 when anvil bracket 104 comes back to their starting position. It won't be straight but caused by the software of the controller 300.
  • a user can use a user interface of the printing device request labels with or without full cut. Moreover can also produce a series of labels in strip mode after the last of these labels Control circuit the cutter can cause one Make a full cut with the last tab cut to get the Detach label strips from the printing device. More details to the way in which labels in the so-called "Stripe mode" can be made in our older ones European patent application with the publication number 0578372.
  • the flow chart in Fig. 13 shows how a sequence of labels can be made in strip mode, the strip is cut off at the end with a full cut.
  • the flow chart in Fig. 13 begins at the point where a user has requested a sequence of p labels, the single label from its neighboring label only is separated by a tab cut, but the labels are on remain attached to a common strip of backing tape. This is identified in the flowchart by step 500.
  • the processor sets p to 0 at step 502.
  • the processor then prints that first label of the episode.
  • p is increased by 1 and compared to P at step 507. It is clear that p is the first Label is not equal to P, and consequently the full cut blade disabled, as explained above. Thus, only a tab cut is carried out, as in Step 510 shown.
  • Step 602 determines if one or more copies have been requested. If it is just a single label, it will The label is printed at step 604, whereupon the cutting operation is performed Step 606 includes a full cut tab cut.
  • step 608 If the user has only selected the tab cut, recognizes this is the processor at step 608. If a full cut is selected, a sequence of copies of a label is printed and cut off individually with a full cut, as in a row of steps 610, 612 and 614.
  • the processor In contrast to a full cut, the processor must also Consider the lead time of a label when it is in strip mode is working. This can be described in more detail in EP 578372 Way.
  • the user can make multiple copies of the request the same label.
  • the printing device can count the number of Count copies and, if desired, a user Show.
  • the display shows how many copies have been printed have been or are still to be printed.
  • that can Pressure equipment should be set up so that it increases Supplies copies.
  • the printing device is a consequence can print from labels where each label has a number is assigned, with subsequent labels this number plus 1 exhibit.
  • the user can change the number of Select labels that are printed with the same increasing number become. For example, he could make 3 copies of labels Select that have the same increasing number.
  • Another option is the lead length of a label be made smaller by starting printing that part of the label is printed, the printing is then stopped to perform a tab cut after the tape by a predetermined length was pushed, and then the full label is printed. In order to shorter labels can be produced, which reduces the tape consumption Minimum is reduced.

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  1. Appareil d'impression comprenant :
    un dispositif d'impression pour la réalisation de processus d'impression sur un support d'enregistrement ;
    un dispositif de découpage pour la réalisation de processus de découpage sur une bande multicouche (T), le dispositif de découpage présentant une première (102) et une seconde (103) lame tranchante, la première lame tranchante (102) étant agencée de telle sorte qu'elle coupe à travers toutes les couches de la bande multicouche (T) et la seconde lame tranchante (103) étant agencée de telle sorte qu'elle coupe à travers une ou plusieurs couches de la bande multicouche (T), mais qu'elle laisse au moins une couche intacte et qu'elle soit écartée de la première lame tranchante (102) dans le sens longitudinal de la bande ;
    une interface utilisateur avec des composants pour l'entrée de données, afin de permettre à un utilisateur de produire une image à imprimer et avec des composants pour la commande d'impression grâce auxquels un mode d'impression peut être sélectionné, caractérisé en ce que l'interface utilisateur présente un composant pour la commande de découpage, pour que l'utilisateur puisse sélectionner un mode de découpage correspondant ; et
    qui présente un circuit pilote de coupe, qui est commuté de manière à recevoir un signal pilote de coupe de l'interface utilisateur et à mettre hors service la première lame tranchante (102) de manière sélective dans l'un des modes de coupe sélectionnés, en fonction de ce signal.
  2. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de coupe présente une partie fixe par rapport à l'appareil d'impression et une partie mobile par rapport à l'appareil d'impression qui coopèrent pour découper la bande multicouche (T).
  3. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'un moteur (200) est prévu pour provoquer le déplacement de la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage.
  4. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que les mise en service et mise hors service sélectives de la première lame tranchante (102) s'effectuent grâce à l'action de la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage et dépendent du chemin que parcourt la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage.
  5. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un capteur pour la reconnaissance du chemin parcouru par la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage.
  6. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le capteur émet des impulsions discrètes lors d'un déplacement de la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage.
  7. Appareil d'impression selon l'une des revendications 4 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la mise en service de la première lame tranchante (102) s'effectue à la fin d'une course de sortie de la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage.
  8. Appareil d'impression selon l'une des revendications 4 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la mise hors service de la première lame tranchante (102) s'effectue à la fin d'une course de retour de la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage.
  9. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage agit à la fin de la course de départ de telle sorte qu'une fixation de la première lame tranchante (102) soit déplacée de telle sorte que la première lame tranchante (102) arrive dans sa position de fonctionnement.
  10. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 8 ou 9, caractérisé en ce que la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage agit à la fin de la course de retour de telle sorte qu'une fixation de la première lame tranchante (102) soit déplacée de telle sorte que la première lame tranchante (102) arrive dans sa position hors service.
  11. Appareil d'impression selon l'une des revendications 5 à 10, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente un capteur pour la reconnaissance de la position initiale de la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage.
  12. Dispositif d'impression selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que la partie mobile du dispositif de découpage présente un porte-enclume (104) qui supporte une première enclume (106) et une seconde enclume (108), qui sont disposées de manière à coopérer avec la première et/ou seconde lame tranchante (102, 103) et sont logées pour pouvoir rouler si bien que, pendant que le mouvement de roulis est exercé sur toute la largeur de la bande (T), les processus de découpage sont réalisés.
  13. Appareil d'impression selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé en ce que la première lame tranchante (102) et la seconde lame tranchante (103) sont fixées sur un support de découpage commun (100).
  14. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 12 ou 13, caractérisé en ce que les enclumes (106, 108) présentent une fente circulaire (106a, 108a) qui est orientée vers les lames tranchantes (102, 103) qui leur sont respectivement associées.
  15. Appareil d'impression selon l'une des revendications 12 à 14, caractérisé en ce que le porte-enclume (104) est logé de manière rotative face à un chariot (110), le chariot (110) étant logé de manière à ce qu'il effectue un déplacement linéaire sur toute la largeur (w) de la bande (T).
  16. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que le chariot (110) est logé sur un arbre de guidage (114), moyennant quoi la rotation de l'arbre de guidage (114) provoque le déplacement linéaire du chariot (110).
  17. Appareil d'impression selon l'une des revendications 12 à 16, caractérisé en ce que le porte-enclume (104) est précontraint face à la première lame tranchante (102) et à la seconde lame tranchante (103).
  18. Appareil d'impression selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, dans un premier mode de découpage, la première et la seconde lame tranchante (102, 103) sont actives et, dans un deuxième mode de découpage, la première lame tranchante (102) est mise hors service.
  19. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que, dans un troisième mode de découpage est fabriquée une bande droite qui se compose d'étiquettes individuelles, qui ne sont séparées les unes des autres que par des entailles qui sont réalisées grâce à la seconde lame tranchante (103) et en ce que la dernière étiquette de la bande droite est découpée du stock de bande restant grâce à une entaille dans le premier mode de découpage.
  20. Procédé pour le fonctionnement d'un appareil d'impression en vue de la réalisation de processus d'impression sur un support d'enregistrement, moyennant quoi le procédé comprend les étapes suivantes :
    définition d'une image à imprimer sur l'interface utilisateur au moyen de composants d'entrée de données sur l'interface utilisateur,
    sélection du mode d'impression au niveau de l'interface utilisateur au moyen de composants de sélection de mode ;
    sélection du mode de découpage au niveau de l'interface utilisateur par des composants de commande de coupe,
       moyennant quoi un signal pilote de coupe est transporté de l'interface utilisateur à la commande de coupe pour implémenter le mode de découpage sélectionné, moyennant quoi, dans un premier mode de découpage, une première lame tranchante (102) est agencée de telle sorte qu'elle coupe à travers toutes les couches de la bande multicouche (T) et la seconde lame tranchante (103) est agencée de telle sorte qu'elle coupe à travers une ou plusieurs couches de la bande multicouche (T), mais qu'elle laisse au moins une couche intacte et qu'elle soit écartée de la première lame tranchante (102) dans le sens longitudinal de la bande et moyennant quoi, dans un deuxième mode de découpage, la première lame tranchante (102) est désactivée par rapport au signal pilote de coupe.
EP19970105713 1996-05-14 1997-04-07 Appareil d'impression avec un dispositif automatique de coupe Expired - Lifetime EP0807524B1 (fr)

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